I got a note about some proposed legislation this morning. I wanted to see
what everyone knew/thought about it. I frankly don't know whether to laugh
or cry. From what I read, IPPA 2007 would:


* Criminalize "attempting" to infringe copyright.
* Create a new crime of life imprisonment for using pirated software.
* Permit more wiretaps for piracy investigations.
* Allow computers to be seized more readily.
* Increase penalties for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's
anti-circumvention regulations.
* Add penalties for "intended" copyright crimes.
* Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of
America. 

DOUG 
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Douglas W. Canfield
Coordinator III, Language Resource Center
Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
IALLT Distributions Coordinator / Interim Managing Editor
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